Beer Run for Fosters

comiso90 · Apr 11, 2007

pbfoot said:
better hope there is no crosswind

"Mommy, how did Daddy die? Was he a hero? Did the Germans get him?

"Well son, your father was on a very important mission to deliver vital, secret supplies. He augered in on landing in a french airfield but he died a hero."

lesofprimus · Apr 11, 2007

Aussie Ace Clive Caldwell was even court martialled for it!

Hmmmm, that I did not know...

v2 · Apr 11, 2007

comiso90 said:
"Mommy, how did Daddy die? Was he a hero? Did the Germans get him?

"Well son, your father was on a very important mission to deliver vital, secret supplies. He augered in on landing in a french airfield but he died a hero."

Njaco · Apr 11, 2007

They could have just done this:

How to Build a Model Airplane out of Beer Cans

Wildcat · Apr 11, 2007

lesofprimus said:
Hmmmm, that I did not know...

Basically Les, Caldwell was the ring leader of the famous "Morotai mutiny" so the top brass back in Oz used illegal alcohol trading as a reason to Courtmartiall him. IIRC he was reduced in rank...

Micdrow · Apr 13, 2007

The pictures with the kegs of beer under the spitfire are in the book Spitfire the History. According the the caption this was a typical propaganda effort for the period.

Micdrow

v2 · Apr 13, 2007

If you would like to build a model with kegs, I found a kegs...

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